Cybercriminals Celebrate the Holidays with Dark Web Data Dumps, Dubbed “Leaksmas”

Jan 9, 2024 2:22:18 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Millions of data records and GBs of data from organizations around the globe were made freely available to cybercriminals to coincide with dates around Christmas of 2023.

Red Flags for Phishing: Verizon Outlines Latest Scams to Watch Out For

Jan 9, 2024 9:24:06 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Verizon has published an article outlining various forms of social engineering attacks, including SMS/text messaging phishing (smishing), voice phishing (vishing), and spear phishing ...

CyberheistNews Vol 14 #02 AI Breaks Free: New Insights Into The Latest Chatbot Jailbreak Hack

Jan 9, 2024 9:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Guarding the Cloud: Top 5 Cloud Security Hacks and How You Can Avoid Them

Jan 9, 2024 8:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Navigating the cloud security landscape is no walk in the park. It requires IT professionals like you to not only tackle traditional security threats, such as managing data access and ...

FBI Releases Blackcat Ransomware Decryption Tool to Victims, Disrupting Attacks

Jan 8, 2024 12:45:41 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

For the first time ever, the U.S. Justice Department announced the existence of an FBI-developed decryption tool that has been used to save hundreds of victim organizations attacked by ...

2024 Security Software Pricing Preference Survey

Jan 8, 2024 9:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

I need your help, I'm super interested to know what your current preferences are related to licensing and pricing models for security software. You may love or hate particular models and ...

Black Basta Ransomware Decryptor Released to Help Some Victims

Jan 5, 2024 1:19:14 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A flaw found by security researchers in the encryption software allows victim organizations to use “Black Basta Buster” to recover some of their data – but there’s a catch.

Beware of Fraudulent Charge Messages

Jan 5, 2024 1:19:09 PM By Roger Grimes

Be careful of emails, SMS messages, or calls claiming to be from your bank about your card being used fraudulently. If this ever happens, call the phone number on the back of your card.

Phishing Reigns as the Most Likely and Most Feared Cyber Attack

Jan 5, 2024 9:00:05 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

With over half of organizations being the victim of password-based attacks in the last year, new data sheds light on the risk of phishing attacks and the use of password-based credentials.

[LIVE DEMO] Are Your Users Making Risky Security Mistakes? Deliver Real-Time Coaching in Response to Risky User Behavior with SecurityCoach

Jan 5, 2024 8:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Do you need an easy, automated way to provide real-time feedback the moment your users make risky mistakes to help reinforce the training campaigns you manage today?

AI-Powered Invoice Fraud: How This Latest Scam Hijacks Your Business Transactions

Jan 4, 2024 9:01:32 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Resecurity is tracking a cybercriminal gang called “GXC Team” that develops and sells tools to facilitate online banking theft and social engineering attacks.

[Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing

Jan 4, 2024 8:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. Your email filters have an average 7-10% failure rate; you need a strong human firewall as your last line of defense.

Lockbit 3.0 Ransomware Disrupts Emergency Care at Multiple German Hospitals

Jan 3, 2024 10:57:52 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Hitting three hospitals within a Germany-based hospital network, the extent of the damage in this confirmed ransomware attack remains undetermined but has stopped parts of operations.

CyberheistNews Vol 14 #01 [Heads Up] SMTP Smuggling - How It Easily Circumvents Your Email Defenses

Jan 3, 2024 9:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

New Research: Phishing Attacks Stole $295 Million In Crypto In 2023

Jan 3, 2024 8:12:02 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at Scam Sniffers have found that phishing attacks stole nearly $295 million worth of cryptocurrency from 324,000 victims in 2023, CryptoSlate reports. The cryptocurrency is ...

A Dream Team Security Awareness Training Program?

Jan 2, 2024 1:29:27 PM By Roger Grimes

Every person and organization is different and requires slightly different methods and ways of learning. But every person and organization can benefit by more frequent security awareness ...

[Security Masterminds] Beyond the Technical: Cultivating Empathy in Cybersecurity

Jan 2, 2024 1:29:23 PM By James McQuiggan

Cybersecurity exists to protect people and their information. In our recent discussion on Security Masterminds, Julie provided unique insights on putting people at the center of ...

AI Breaks Free: New Insights into the Latest Chatbot Jailbreak Hack

Dec 30, 2023 3:03:01 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Fascinating article at TechXplore, December 28, 2023. Computer scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have managed to compromise multiple artificial ...

AI in 2024: The Top 10 Cutting Edge Social Engineering Threats

Dec 29, 2023 10:48:26 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The year 2024 is shaping up to be a pivotal moment in the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in the realm of social engineering. As AI capabilities grow ...

Your KnowBe4 Fresh Content Updates from December 2023

Dec 29, 2023 8:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Check out the 36 new pieces of training content added in December, alongside the always fresh content update highlights, events and new features.

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